History of US empire: JFK, Cold War, European colonialism and Bay of Pigs
Historian Aaron Good explains the rise of US President John F. Kennedy, the First Cold War, his criticism of European colonialism, and how the CIA's Bay of Pigs attack would later reverberate in the 1...
27 Feb 20231h 13min
West is out of touch with rest of world politically, EU-funded study admits
A study by the EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found that the West is increasingly out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Rus...
25 Feb 202332min
The rise of US dollar imperialism, and why it failed - with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the rise of the US dollar system, its central role in imperialism, and why it ultimately failed to accomplish Washington's hegemonic goals. VIDEO: ...
24 Feb 20231h 16min
China condemns ‘US hegemony’, war crimes, CIA coups, 400 foreign interventions
China’s Foreign Ministry published a lengthy report condemning “US hegemony” and its crimes around the world, including wars with millions of victims, coups and “regime change” against elected leaders...
23 Feb 202334min
German lawmaker denounces Ukraine 'proxy war' and US 'terrorist attack' on Nord Stream pipelines
German Member of Parliament Sevim Dağdelen, of the Left Party, Die Linke, condemns the NATO "proxy war" in Ukraine, saying the EU is acting as US "vassals". In this interview with Ben Norton, she also...
22 Feb 202338min
West tells Global South 'you can't be neutral' in Ukraine war: You are either with us, or against us
The foreign ministers of the US, Germany, and Ukraine told the world at the Munich Security Conference, “Neutrality is not an option” in the West’s proxy war against Russia, implicitly criticizing the...
20 Feb 202323min
Weather pushed Chinese balloon off course, US shot down $12 hobbyist balloon in $2M missile attack
US officials acknowledged the Chinese balloon they shot down on February 4 had likely been blown off course by unexpected weather. The US Air Force later spent $2 million using missiles to blow up wha...
19 Feb 202325min
The 'globalization' myth, US hegemony, and crisis of capitalism, with Radhika Desai
Economist Radhika Desai and Ben Norton discuss the neoliberal myth of "globalization", the contradictions of US hegemony, and the crisis of capitalism. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GRKHCwVzvTs ...
17 Feb 20231h 2min
